Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Paul Bernays and Manjit Kumar

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory

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Very few things in set theory remain valid in intuitionist mathematics [Bernays]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism

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Restricted Platonism is just an ideal projection of a domain of thought [Bernays]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

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Mathematical abstraction just goes in a different direction from logic [Bernays]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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Bohr explained the periodic table and chemical properties of elements, using the quantum atom [Kumar]